Movies Like The Night Before (2015)

The Night Before is a 2015 adventure, comedy, fantasy film from Jonathan Levine with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Eight Crazy Nights and Angie.

Adventure Comedy Fantasy

Eight Crazy Nights

2002

Davey Stone, a 33-year old party animal, finds himself in trouble with the law after his wild ways go too far.

5.2

MagicScore

Angie

1994

Angie lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and dreams of a better life. When she finds out she's pregnant by her boyfriend, Vinnie, she decides she'll have the baby; but not Vinnie as a husband. This turns the entire close-knit neighborhood upside-down and starts Angie on a journey of self-discovery.

5.7

MagicScore

Eyes Wide Shut

1999

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

7.5

MagicScore

Noel

2004

Christmas Eve in New York, and the lonely divorced publisher, Rose Collins, needs a miracle to improve the health of her mother, interned in a hospital with Alzheimers. She feels sorry for another patient and meets his visitor. Meanwhile, Nina Vasquez breaks her engagement with her beloved fiancé Mike due to his suffocating jealousy, but misses him. Mike is stalked by a stranger, bartender Artie Venzuela. The poor Jules arranges to spend Christmas Eve in the hospital, where he spent the best Christmas of his life when he was a teenager. The lives of some of these characters cross with others along the night.

5.8

MagicScore

A Christmas Tree Miracle

2013

When a dysfunctional family loses everything, they are taken in by an old Christmas tree farmer. By sticking together, they are reminded that the best gifts in life are the simple ones, and that miracles do happen if you believe.

5.4

MagicScore

The Muppet Christmas Carol

1992

A retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, miser extraordinaire. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

7.4

MagicScore

Scrooged

1988

Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.

6.8

MagicScore

A Christmas Carol

2009

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

6.9

MagicScore

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

2000

The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...

6.8

MagicScore

#10

RuPaul's Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular

2018

In this musical extravaganza, RuPaul's Drag Race favorites like Trixie Mattel, Latrice Royale and Shangela return home for the holidays to compete for Christmas Queen.

5.2

MagicScore

#11

Christmas Carol: The Movie

2001

Animated version of the classic Charles Dickens story. Warned by the ghost of his old business partner Marley that his sins would lead to punishment in the afterlife, the cruel and greedy Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to show him how the course of his life led him to where he is - and where it will lead if he doesn't change his ways.

5.2

MagicScore

#12

The Santa Clause

1994

On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.

6.5

MagicScore

#13

Jingle All the Way

1996

Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

6.1

MagicScore

#14

Jack Frost

1998

A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.

6.0

MagicScore

#15

The Santa Clause 2

2002

Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.

6.0

MagicScore

#16

Last Vegas

2013

Aging pals Billy, Paddy, Archie, and Sam have been best friends since childhood. When Billy finally proposes to his much-younger girlfriend, all four friends go to Las Vegas to celebrate the end of Billy's longtime bachelorhood and relive their glory days. However, the four quickly realize that the intervening decades have changed Sin City and tested their friendship in ways they had not imagined.

6.4

MagicScore

#17

Season of Love

2019

A queer lady holiday movie that follows the lives of three very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set right before Christmas through New Years.

7.2

MagicScore

#18

The Holiday

2006

Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.

7.1

MagicScore

#19

Love Actually

2003

Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.

7.1

MagicScore

#20

A Muppet Family Christmas

1987

Fozzie Bear surprises his mother on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays. Doc and his dog Sprocket, who had planned a quiet Christmas, end up joining the Muppets in their holiday activities and preparations. The Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock regulars join the festivities, but to Kermit's dismay, the only one missing is Miss Piggy, who has been caught in a snowstorm.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Night Before?

The top films similar to The Night Before by MovieMagicScore are Eight Crazy Nights (5.2), Angie (5.7), Eyes Wide Shut (7.5). Each shares adventure/comedy/fantasy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Night Before worth watching?

The Night Before holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 1,756 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Night Before?

The Night Before (2015) is a adventure, comedy, fantasy film directed by Jonathan Levine, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Night Before?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more adventure recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Night Before

This ranked list pairs The Night Before (2015), a adventure and comedy and fantasy film from Jonathan Levine, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Joseph Gordon-Levitt take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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